tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403334607307174172024-03-14T02:23:25.829-04:00The Gallivanting Girl BlogI write about my life, my business (which is a rare combination of art, auctions, agriculture, antiques, and all the backroads in between), and things that catch my eye on other blogs and such.Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.comBlogger729125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-8338580976146149892017-01-02T12:04:00.000-05:002017-01-02T12:04:11.121-05:00Introducing the 8305 Project.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm hoping some of you will be willing
to help. I've had this nagging project in the back of my mind since
college. I'm interested in hearing about other people who have
chosen an alternative to the “mainstream” lifestyle. Those who
homestead, or are nomadic and travel. Those who make things for
themselves versus buying from the store. Those who practice
forgotten skills. Those who feel a calling to do things divergently
to the norm. I'm the homesteader-type myself (who enjoys raising
food for my family, and living a life a little different from
ordinary), so I've nicknamed this the “8305 Project” after my
farm's address. I'd really enjoy hearing your story if you think you
fit into this category. If you're interested, then please send me an email at <a href="mailto:gallivanting.girl.studios@gmail.com"><span style="color: black;">gallivanting.girl.studios</span></a><span style="color: black;">@gmail.com</span> with a little bit about yourself and your life. I
will get back to you with some some basic interview questions, if you
don't mind, to get things started. My eventual goal with all of this
is to cultivate these initial interviews (complete with some
beautiful photography) into a blog series, visual magazine, or best
case scenario a coffee table book. I'm not sure exactly what the
interviews will turn into, but I'm sure that many others will enjoy
the blips of everyday peoples' lives/stories as much as I will.
Please feel free to pass this along to anyone who might fit the bill
too. Thank you in advance.
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Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-24663115981103379692016-12-17T11:29:00.000-05:002016-12-17T11:47:24.691-05:00Artist Interview: Lauren Marx<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyRmaUZ3TcWV4VcG4U54GUbZG0BMDpF-eVxfOSr0l8xKi1k6wDQIsjHWzeXg_Ws2tyURbGizrdXQXqlWLgyyGuVWcKSbtMY21C4Xq5F_BxFJ-EWpZrewbaSdgZ3cUDb3BSkXDC9-8wRhc/s1600/Attached_Lauren-Marx_2016_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyRmaUZ3TcWV4VcG4U54GUbZG0BMDpF-eVxfOSr0l8xKi1k6wDQIsjHWzeXg_Ws2tyURbGizrdXQXqlWLgyyGuVWcKSbtMY21C4Xq5F_BxFJ-EWpZrewbaSdgZ3cUDb3BSkXDC9-8wRhc/s640/Attached_Lauren-Marx_2016_sm.jpg" width="460" /></a></td></tr>
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“<a href="http://laurenmarx.com/gallery/#gallery-cq-pinterest-93/10/">Attached</a>”, 2016, Ballpoint Pen,
Ink Pencils, Ink Wash, Graphite, Colored Pencils, Gel Pen and Acrylic
on Mixed Media Paper, 8.5 inches by 11.75 inches (14 ¾ inches by 11
½ inches framed).</div>
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<strong>The artist interview I have for you today is a wonderful treat. <a href="http://laurenmarx.com/">Lauren Marx</a> has such a unique voice, masterful execution of her craft, and a splendid ability to dance the fine line between beauty and the macabre. That makes for a brilliant trifecta. Please enjoy this Question & Answer round and check out the links at the end to find more of her and her lovely work!</strong><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJvBJsCEgsDWDu7KoW-iwbfwhQCSSKuorqS-U_-nhcAYEr8TL20QEsOU41ZjX92bnNbAwTWFUIGVO-Iw8_nQl7rytqJzk_AgNVur_zbsAY_e0FfjNYwRf4XbD5ONT0dAe8elOQVsueXY/s1600/demeter_marx_large_edit_website.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJvBJsCEgsDWDu7KoW-iwbfwhQCSSKuorqS-U_-nhcAYEr8TL20QEsOU41ZjX92bnNbAwTWFUIGVO-Iw8_nQl7rytqJzk_AgNVur_zbsAY_e0FfjNYwRf4XbD5ONT0dAe8elOQVsueXY/s640/demeter_marx_large_edit_website.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://laurenmarx.com/gallery/#gallery-cq-pinterest-7/5/">Demeter</a>", Ballpoint Pen, Ink, Colored Pencil, Gel Pen, Marker, Graphite on Hot-Pressed Watercolor Paper, 12 inches by 12 inches (14.5 x 14.5 framed), 2015</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>1. Were you always an art kid, or did you stumble upon it later in life?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>Oh, I was always an art kid! I would spend hours drawing horses, dragons, and my favorite cartoon characters.</em></span></blockquote>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77WCi9_2I006kJC1SdV5ydZ2PiYHjjIKWvDIn4srA4JUFKTPUPpHwexajQKqDdDjNspBzj9uYqKBrRwH8zPVDhSUbPi-5EXyEFCOB7DzNsql_TmNKJcqEYiqMuccaPKqyQ-rCFbzzXNY/s1600/Fall-Apart-Like-Me_Lauren_Marx_2016_6in.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77WCi9_2I006kJC1SdV5ydZ2PiYHjjIKWvDIn4srA4JUFKTPUPpHwexajQKqDdDjNspBzj9uYqKBrRwH8zPVDhSUbPi-5EXyEFCOB7DzNsql_TmNKJcqEYiqMuccaPKqyQ-rCFbzzXNY/s640/Fall-Apart-Like-Me_Lauren_Marx_2016_6in.jpg" width="636" /></a></td></tr>
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“<a href="http://laurenmarx.com/gallery/#gallery-cq-pinterest-7/5/">Fall Apart Like Me</a>”, 2016,
Ballpoint Pen, Ink Pencils, Graphite, Colored Pencils and Gel Pen on
Mixed Media Paper, 20 inches by 20 inches (23 inches by 23 inches
framed).</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>2. What style of art is your favorite and why?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>Oh my favorite by far is the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood painting style. It is a great mash-up of my other favorite styles: renaissance and art nouveau. The style is just so romantic.</em></span></blockquote>
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“<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/263219965/fire-breather?ref=shop_home_active_5">Fire-breather</a>”, Ballpoint Pen,
Ink, Colored Pencil, and Marker, 18x24 inches, 2013</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>3. What do you use for inspiration, or how do you generate ideas? Do you keep a sketchbook? Because I imagine that would be a stunning thing to flip through.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>I use lots of things for inspiration! I collect animal skulls, feathers, taxiermies, shells, eggs, and various rocks, that can end up in pieces. I also find inspiration from my various art books and scientific illustrations. When it comes to generating ideas, they just kind of come to me. If I try to actively think of artwork ideas, nothing will come to me and I end up feeling very stressed. My ideas usually slam into my mind and become obsessive images until I can get them out in one way or another. I do keep a sketchbook, but I mainly write my ideas down which are usually accompanied by a very crude sketch. Right now, I am creating a sketchbook that will include more fleshed out ideas from my previous book. I'm having to get used to sketching since I started wanting to make larger works.</em> </span></blockquote>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1zFoQHwPDV2sb-NzA1qksHPXkqFtZpcDwOt1UH9e-t96hNJJd-bPox_hyphenhyphenSiZ8Ss1lKMFwplKtuRuR42CrMqhGxtA_C8iZupLw9u6lOT-dBMYw7KTEJvFD4UVPthr4-77tnlTpSnOhIo/s1600/To_Kill_the_Goose_That_Laid_the_Golden_Eggs_marx_website.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1zFoQHwPDV2sb-NzA1qksHPXkqFtZpcDwOt1UH9e-t96hNJJd-bPox_hyphenhyphenSiZ8Ss1lKMFwplKtuRuR42CrMqhGxtA_C8iZupLw9u6lOT-dBMYw7KTEJvFD4UVPthr4-77tnlTpSnOhIo/s640/To_Kill_the_Goose_That_Laid_the_Golden_Eggs_marx_website.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
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"<a href="http://laurenmarx.com/gallery/#gallery-cq-pinterest-7/5/">To Kill the Goose That Laid theGolden Egg</a>", 2015, Ballpoint Pen, Ink Pencil, Liquid Ink,
Colored Pencil, Graphite, and Gel Pen on Hot-Pressed Watercolor
Paper, 18.25 inches by 24 inches (21.5 inches by 27.5 inches framed)</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>4. Your work is so detailed anatomically-did you study biology/anatomy in school, or at home, or how did you come to be so impressively skilled at capturing nature?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>Thank you so much! I did not study biology, but I really wanted to! I'm a bit on the obsessive side with perfection and detail. I want my pieces to look “real”, but I can never quite achieve that. The way they look is my attempt each time to make them more accurate. Perfectionism for the win!</em></span></blockquote>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZOUUNE9zwuYetSKhWBoNsykhCsJq_uXX9RVW_kRsjU-MM44Y1_uQpb9m4dxAerUkhjFmHjFBV26MrwnINbaNFWBDpl_Naei4aulrqXGzd5I_nRm8kydsum8aiimxMdW8XAaa6rbpGhM/s1600/churning_up_the_stars_lauren_marx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZOUUNE9zwuYetSKhWBoNsykhCsJq_uXX9RVW_kRsjU-MM44Y1_uQpb9m4dxAerUkhjFmHjFBV26MrwnINbaNFWBDpl_Naei4aulrqXGzd5I_nRm8kydsum8aiimxMdW8XAaa6rbpGhM/s640/churning_up_the_stars_lauren_marx.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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“<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/263323576/churning-up-the-stars?ref=shop_home_active_4">Churning Up the Stars</a>”, Ballpoint
Pen, 11.25 inches x 23.75 inches, 2013</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>5. Can you walk us through your creative process from idea to finished product?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>Usually it starts with some sort of image coming to mind randomly, whether I am sleeping, showering, buying groceries. Once that vision hits me, I will either write about it, make a crude sketch, or immediately cut paper down and begin working. To start a piece, I begin looking up usually dozens of reference images per subject on my computer to perfectly recreate the image in my head as accurately as possible. When working on a piece, I start with a rough pencil outline of composition and subjects. Then, I outline the entire piece in pen, moving from foreground to background. I then add color washes with ink pencils to color every part of the piece, except for the background washes, which are done with standard ink following the ink pencils. I then go over all of the color with various pens to add detail, texture and contrast. Once I finished detailing, I add highlights with white colored pencil and white gel pens. Once the piece is completed, I cut down the paper and have it scanned then framed. After that, it is fully finished.</em></span></blockquote>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJovsZNLngADwUIefpVNLE2ysHuAKwyPGzWPcF-U33LQjbMWYTvNIPx_thTUDqyVigOUywghkznPUL76aoZlvwpqXbC0ZlS0JBTKhnvVmeE0gHRdULfoNfQSfC0sUOAMg_czk3JxqJX0/s1600/Inhale-Exhale-Choke_Lauren-Marx_2016_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJovsZNLngADwUIefpVNLE2ysHuAKwyPGzWPcF-U33LQjbMWYTvNIPx_thTUDqyVigOUywghkznPUL76aoZlvwpqXbC0ZlS0JBTKhnvVmeE0gHRdULfoNfQSfC0sUOAMg_czk3JxqJX0/s640/Inhale-Exhale-Choke_Lauren-Marx_2016_sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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“<a href="http://laurenmarx.com/gallery/#gallery-cq-pinterest-7/5/">Inhale. Exhale. Choke</a>.”, 2016,
Ballpoint Pen, Ink Pencils, Ink Wash, Graphite, Colored Pencil and
Gel Pen on Mixed Media Paper, 20 inches by 17.75 inches (21 inches by
23 inches framed).</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>6. What is a typical day in your life?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>Well, a typical day will be waking up pretty early, watching The Daily Show while eating breakfast and taking care of chores. Then, I set up my art supplies for the day (I work in my apartment, though I think I will be studio hunting soon), and begin working. I usually work on art all day, taking breaks to run errands, eat lunch and dinner, and to sleep or socialize. I tend to keep things loose. I don't want to get to caught up in my art making and end up not enjoying it</em>. </span></blockquote>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHogcfzG2g12lgzWC84uj00hlRSAyUR8pBxYcibLZG3i3bbrZDOxi9H2PXq-HLbnyBN_KpzDtsXy_qmSg0D9lhcqs9IxIbaRglhrImhjv2vO26q0AKtAnuZ90i5U1Ywbkn0sSdBMaNago/s1600/Marx_When_The_First_Became_Divine_2016_6in.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHogcfzG2g12lgzWC84uj00hlRSAyUR8pBxYcibLZG3i3bbrZDOxi9H2PXq-HLbnyBN_KpzDtsXy_qmSg0D9lhcqs9IxIbaRglhrImhjv2vO26q0AKtAnuZ90i5U1Ywbkn0sSdBMaNago/s640/Marx_When_The_First_Became_Divine_2016_6in.jpg" width="386" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“<a href="http://laurenmarx.com/gallery/#gallery-cq-pinterest-7/5/">When the First Became Divine</a>”, 2016, Ballpoint Pen, Ink
Pencils, Ink Wash, Graphite, Colored Pencils and Gel Pen on Mixed
Media Paper, 24 inches by 40 inches (27 ¾ inches by 43 ½ inches
framed).</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>7. What do you think draws you to other artists' work?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>I love realism with flora and fauna. Any artist that incorporates that is high on my list. I also love vibrant colors and contemporary abstraction mixed with realism. What draws me to other artists' work is that I feel they have achieved something that I lack, and their work becomes inspiration for me moving forward. </em></span></blockquote>
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“<a href="http://laurenmarx.com/gallery/#gallery-cq-pinterest-7/5/">Red Fox and Indigo Bunting</a>”,
Ballpoint Pen and Ink, 18in x 24in, 2012</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>8. What are your interests/hobbies?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>I collect hoofed animal skulls, and bird taxidermies. I love to go to antique stores when I have free time and completing puzzles. I recently obtained the camping bug too, but now it is too cold.</em> </span></blockquote>
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“<a href="http://laurenmarx.com/gallery/#gallery-cq-pinterest-7/5/">Swallows</a>”, 2016 Ballpoint Pen, Ink
Pencils, Colored Pencils, Graphite and Gel Pen on Multi-media Paper,
8 inches by 10 inches (12 inches by 14 inches framed)</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>9. What do you attribute to you choosing to make work that is so beautiful yet grotesque?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>I really don't know 100% why I make my work grotesque, but I think it has a lot to do with my fear of death and my attempt to rationalize it in various ways, as well as address my anxiety problems and harsh past.</em></span></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“<a href="http://laurenmarx.com/gallery/#gallery-cq-pinterest-7/5/">The First</a>”, 2016, Ballpoint Pen, Ink Pencils, Ink Wash,
Graphite, Colored Pencil and Gel Pen on Mixed Media Paper, 20 inches
by 24 inches (23 inches by 27 inches framed).</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>10. Is this your full time job, or do you have a job out-of-studio?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>Art is my full-time job! I recently got a once-a-week job at a friend's deli to get myself out of the apartment and to clear my mind. Most of my year is spent working on art and art-related business stuffs.</em> </span></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://laurenmarx.com/gallery/#gallery-cq-pinterest-7/5/">The Second</a>”, 2016, Ballpoint Pen, Ink Pencils, Ink Wash,
Graphite, Colored Pencil, Gel Pen and Acrylic on Mixed Media Paper,
20 inches by 24 inches (23 inches by 27 inches framed).</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>11. Do you have a favorite piece you've made, if so, why?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>It could be because I recently made the piece, but I would have to say my favorite is “When the First Became Divine”. It is my largest gallery piece so far, and perfectly captured the emotional turmoil that I was experiencing with my family. I also challenged myself a lot with that piece, with working so large and not sacrificing detail. It will be a big stepping stone for my future work. The piece has become very important to me.</em> </span></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“<a href="http://laurenmarx.com/gallery/#gallery-cq-pinterest-7/5/">The Red Berries</a>”, Ballpoint Pen and Ink, 19.5 in x 13.75 in,
2013</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>12. What advice would you give an artist just starting out in the business world?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>I would say to try to complete new work on the regular, to only make art that you want to make, and to stay realistic about the art world, your work and your future. I would also suggest buying some books on art careers!</em></span></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BCLKj3jIvem/">Work in Progress via Instagram</a>.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>13. Describe your work space.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>My work space is my loft in downtown St. Louis. My kitchen table is a vintage drafting table that doubles as my drawing surface. I have a cute little cart, that carries all of my supplies, that I drag around my apartment. I usually have my three cats climbing all over me and running like maniacs while I work. My apartment has been designed to fully function as my studio without looking like it.</em></span></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BHXwwsdBLhs/">Lauren's Workspace via Instagram</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BCs1ox1ovSQ/">A peek at a sketch paper via Instagram</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BCx_0GsovSZ/">A beautiful work in progress shot via Instagram</a>.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>14. Did you face any set-backs on your path to being an artist?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>Oh yes! Many! When I first started my career, I was still in college earning my BFA. It was hard to keep up with the demand for my work while trying to complete assignments for my classes. I also had no idea what I was doing, and art school did not prepare me at all for the business side of things...or how to frame my work, photograph my work, promote my work, write proposals...you name it. It was a lot of learning from my mistakes for the first couple of years. Now I am more used to things, but I am still learning every day. I was also not prepared for the competitiveness and pettiness of the art world. I am still judged quite a bit for my gender and age, and it affects almost every aspect of my art career. I know things are getting better in that regard, so I am not too worried about it. Making money has also been a huge issue to deal with. I am slowly turning a profit, but I had no idea how long it would take to get to that point. It has been an interesting challenge these past four years and I look forward to whatever else the art world throws at me.</em> </span></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BHx42ROBFWU/">Work in Progress via Instagram</a>.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>15. You use such a unique mixed media process, how did you come to develop using such varied mediums in your work?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><em>My materials have a lot to do with my anxiety, actually. Ever since I was a kid, if any materials got on my hands, for example: charcoal, paint, and glitter, I would be very upset. I hated the feeling of things on my hands so much, that I switched to using permanent, quick-drying materials when I was in middle school. A lot of my later materials began being used when I wanted to gain greater “oomph” with my pen and inks, that the materials on their own could not achieve. All while staying off of my hands.</em> </span></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BJN_BO5j_uq/">Work in Progress via Instagram</a>.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><strong>16. What milestones, goals, or achievements are you striving for right now?</strong></span><br />
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<em>I have a couple that I am trying to achieve. I really want to be featured in the print of my favorite magazine, “Hi-Fructose Magazine”, and to show in Thinkspace Gallery. Both will be very hard to obtain and have more to do with outside forces and luck than anything. I also want to make enough money over the next couple of years to pay off my student loans, buy a house, and rent a studio space. I'm confident that I should be able to achieve all three in the next couple of years. It helps a lot that St. Louis is relatively cheap to live in!</em> </blockquote>
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<strong><a href="http://laurenmarx.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LaurenMarxArt">Etsy</a></strong><br />
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<strong>Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions! Keep up the great work.</strong>Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-12542810419009755002016-12-01T13:30:00.001-05:002016-12-01T13:30:31.481-05:00New Portfolio Website.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Lots of goals for the coming year. It's going to be great!Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-66902003426942919202016-11-30T12:24:00.000-05:002016-11-30T12:24:35.574-05:00Playlist #23: A Summery Breeze<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Listen via <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/1217446684/playlist/1Cn4fy7jXHPLSJrKm6ypGJ">Spotify</a>/<a href="http://thegallivantinggirl.tumblr.com/post/153867739391/no-23-a-summery-breeze-by-julia-wright">Tumblr</a>.</span>Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-10797243963026229062016-11-30T12:16:00.000-05:002016-11-30T12:16:01.497-05:00Group Show Gallery Opening Reception December 2, 2016Hey folks, been a long time, I know. But I'm back at it. I was contacted last month about being a part of a fun, last minute, all women group show at The Open Gallery in Vincennes, Indiana. I submitted three paintings, and I'm really excited to see what the rest of the show holds. More information on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/The-Open-Gallery-119111051473103/?fref=ts">Facebook Page</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our first spring on our new farm. This time last year we were filled with anxiety and worry wondering if our old farm would ever sell in order for us to have this place that is beyond our wildest dreams. I'm still pinching myself that 75 glorious acres are what I call home. Here are a few updates: </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">And it's that time of year. The neighbor called for me to pick his blueberries for him to take to farmer's markets. I picked for about five hours yesterday. It's quite relaxing, truly, and I get to listen to amazing podcasts like "</span><a href="http://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/art-for-your-ear-podcast/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Art For Your Ear</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">," "</span><a href="http://gardendinelove.com/farm-stay-u-s-with-scottie-jones/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Garden Dine Love</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">," "</span><a href="http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">WTF</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">," "</span><a href="https://themoth.org/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">The Moth</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">," and lots more. If you're looking for something to listen to while you work--definitely give these a listen.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I feel just terrible that I didn't get this lovely girl's interview up sooner. My deepest apologies--this spring has been incredibly busy. Without further ado, here is an interview with a very talented artist I think all of you will enjoy. She particularly catches my eye with her vintage-y people and great combination of color and black and white. Please get to know <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kaetlynable?ref=l2-shopheader-name">Kaetlyn Able</a>:</span><br />
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you always an art kid, or did you stumble upon it later in life?</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I
was always an art kid—happiest when I was drawing and making
things. Family lore is that I was a really easy kid, because I
always had some quiet project going. I majored in studio art at my
small liberal arts college, and then went on to graduate school to
get my MFA.</em> </span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2. <span style="color: #262626;">What
style of art is your favorite and why?</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>It's
so hard to nail down just one favorite style! As a viewer I love it
all—from contemporary installation work to the old masters. Any
work that was made with an interesting concept in mind, excellent
craftsmanship, and emotional resonance (a favorite college professor
spoke of work that was made with head, hands and heart) is great art
to me. As a maker, my favorite style to work in is a sort of magical
realism. I love to work from observation—either from life or from
photos that I've taken myself and brought back to the studio. That
process of looking very carefully and trying to understand the
figure, the light, the character and the particular details of an
object or scene, is very calming and meditative to me. And then I
love to let that realism run wild into an imaginary place by
combining strange elements together (lately it's people and plants),
working from memory and letting things melt into abstraction in
places.</em></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">3. <span style="color: #262626;">What
do you use for inspiration, or how do you generate ideas?</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I
collect old portrait photographs. I buy them from antique shops and
people give them to me. I spend hours and hours just pouring over
them, wondering about the people in the pictures and looking for
clues about their lives. My ideas for my paintings begin with
figures from or fragments of these images. I also love to people
watch. I tend to look for, or imagine, great love stories between
people I see out in the world. I'm an unapologetic romantic. And I
like thinking about and celebrating sassy, strong women and
sensitive, nurturing men—the not-traditionally-celebrated
combinations of character and gender. I'm also deeply inspired by
the natural world. I spend a lot of the spring, summer and fall
hiking around outdoors, camera in hand, looking for wildflowers.</em> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>4.
W<span style="color: #262626;">alk
us through your creative process from idea to finished project.</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I
begin with an image or part of an image from one of my old
photographs. This is always an intuitive choice—I choose something
that I find intriguing without fully understanding why. Making the
drawing or painting helps me to think through and understand my
fascination with the image. I sketch out the parts of the image that
interest me and leave out everything that doesn't. Sometimes I know
what botanical elements I want to combine with the photo image right
away, and other times that comes to me as I'm working and thinking
deeply about the people and the details of the photo, developing
their story as I go. I work on a really small, intimate and detailed
scale, either layering ink and watercolor washes on paper with tiny
brushes, or painting ink onto claybord and scratching the details
with a sharp tool to reveal the white clay underneath. My processes
are pretty labor intensive. When I'm working on a piece I almost
always get to the point where my perfectionism tries to take over—I
start seeing a lot of technical “flaws” that distract me and I
start doubting the work. I've learned to step away when that
happens—maybe even for a couple of days. I return with fresh eyes
and am able to let go of that neurotic side to my perfectionism, see
the charm in the “flaws” and finish the piece.</em></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BAkmCduAipz/?taken-by=kaetlynable"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Work In Progress via Instagram</span></a></td></tr>
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<strong>5. W<span style="color: #262626;">hat
is a typical day in your life?</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I'm
a stay-at-home mom to my two little boys, ages three and five, so I
spend most of each day doing mom and household related activities and
tasks. My kids are very, very active, so I make it a priority for us
to get out and about for most of the day. I'm also undergoing
treatment for breast cancer, so I spend a lot of time at the hospital
as well. My husband and I share a little workspace in our home,
where I make art and he does computer-y things. I work in small
chunks of time throughout the day, whenever I get the chance. I'm
always at the ready to switch gears and jump into art mode. When my
boys are at preschool (they both go two mornings a week) or really
into their pretend play together, or watching their afternoon show,
or out with their grandma, I sit down at my work table and get a
little art time in. I also work after they go to bed at night. My
husband and I also trade some kid-free time on the weekends to work
on our respective projects. My rule is to find at least half an hour
each day for art-making, but I can usually find more.</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>6. W<span style="color: #262626;">hat
do you think draws you to other people's work?</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Like
I said earlier, I love when an artist's work combines an interesting,
deeply explored concept, beautiful craftsmanship and and emotional
resonance. I love quirky, authentic-feeling art. I also tend to
gravitate toward artists who have a nice kind of balance between
consistency and variety in their work.</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <strong>7. W<span style="color: #262626;">hat
are your interests/hobbies?</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I
love being outside, hiking and exploring with my family. I also love
doing yoga, cooking, baking, sewing and getting together with
friends. And I read a ton. I've also recently started exploring
Buddhist teachings and meditation.</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>8. I<span style="color: #262626;">s
this your full time job, or do you have a job out-of-studio?</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>My
stay-at-home mom gig is my full time job right now. My plan is to
transition back to work as a full time artist as my children enter
school. My oldest starts all day kindergarten next fall, and my
youngest will go to preschool three full days. So I'll have more
dedicated art time starting in the fall. And my younger son will
start kindergarten the following year. My ultimate goal is to work
while my boys are in school, and then to pick them up and spend the
afternoons with them. And to be home with them when they're sick.</em> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>9. <span style="color: #262626;">What
is your favorite piece you've ever made and why?</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I
don't think I could ever choose just one! It would end up as a tie
between my twenty favorites, I think. And since I'm always making
new work, my feelings about past work are always changing. My
favorites among my own body of work tend to be the ones that resonate
with me most emotionally and the ones that represent conceptual and
technical breakthroughs.</em></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BEl-AHrgito/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Work in Progress via Instagram</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>10. <span style="color: #262626;">What
advice would you give to an artist just starting out in the business
world?</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Do
the work, pay your dues, be patient and come up with a plan for how
you will create a viable, sustainable business as an artist. What
are your goals? What is your budget? Who is your target market?
What compromises will you need to make as you're starting out? If
you plan to seek gallery representation, remember that there is no
venue too small or obscure for your work when you're just beginning.
Show your work wherever you can. Your local library, Arts Center,
hospital and coffee shops are all great, accessible venues for
emerging artists. I showed and sold my work in all of these spaces
when I was just starting out. Most of us who apply for big grants or
to prestigious galleries will most often be rejected in the
beginning. But if you keep plugging diligently away, making work,
honing your craft and sharing your work with the public, those
galleries and collectors will eventually begin to approach you. It
took me eleven years of hard (but exceptionally rewarding) work for
that shift to happen.</em></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/270103290/original-painting-miniature-art?ref=shop_home_active_36"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Buttercups Couple</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>11. <span style="color: #262626;">Describe
your work space.</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>My
corner of our work space consists of a big computer desk, a drafting
table, a nice, deep closet and a little painting cart on wheels. It
feels perfect to me—just enough space, but not so much that I don't
know what I have or where I put things.</em></span></span></div>
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you face any setbacks on your path to being an artist?</span></strong></span><br />
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don't know if I would consider them setbacks exactly. Maybe just the
twists and turns of figuring out how to cobble together an
economically viable existence making art. I did not do a great job
really thinking through the business side of things when I was in
school. If I remember correctly, I think my plan was to simply be
discovered! At that time I didn't have good time management skills
either. The result was that after graduate school I ended up kind of
flailing around for a few years as I tried to figure out how to make
a living and make art. I had a non art related job that I really
didn't like and very little time (or so I thought) for art. You know
what they say about hindsight, but if I could do it all over I would
have been more thoughtful and strategic about my career path when I
was in school. There were some missed opportunities there.</em> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/281793388/original-watercolor-and-ink-painting?ref=shop_home_active_5"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Botanical Hat VI: Pasqueflowers</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>13. <span style="color: #262626;">What
milestones, goals, or achievements are you striving for right now?</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>In
the short term, I'm working on getting back in the swing of things
after getting through the harder parts of my cancer treatments. I'm
lucky to be represented by a fantastic gallery, Altitude, here in
Bozeman. I had a really successful show last year and sold most of
my pieces, but my painting pace slowed down considerably while I was
going through chemo and recovering from surgery. So I'm kind of
re-emerging right now, and working hard on a new series for the
gallery. Once I get them fully stocked with my new work, I plan to
seek further representation in other cities. My main longterm goal
is to build a sustainable business making art. I've been noodling
over how to do that, experimenting with my ideas and analyzing the
numbers. And I've discovered that working with galleries is the best
fit for me. So that's where I'm focusing.</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kaetlynable?ref=l2-shop-header-avatar">Etsy Shop</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kaetlynable/">Instagram</a>.</span><br />
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</span>Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-46742508321554805132016-04-12T14:35:00.002-04:002016-04-12T14:35:11.596-04:00Nanbert had a little bull calf.I'd been checking Nanbert multiple times during the day and night since about April 1. I'd moved her to the birthing stall from the pasture, and it then it was just a waiting game. A very sleep deprived waiting game. Early Saturday morning, when I went to the barn, I found her in labor. Soon after this boy came into the world.<br />
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<br /> My daughter has named him Nitroglycerin. We call him "Nitro," and he is very high energy and living up to his name. He worries his first-time momma to death, and doesn't listen to her at all. Most of the time he's zooming around the stall with his tail over his back. It's been raining all week, but looks like the weather should be clearing. That means they should be able to venture out to the pasture soon.<br />
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His ears are enough to make my heart swoon. Can't beat the Brown Swiss ears on a cute little Hereford face. It officially feels like spring now that there is a baby on the ground. Next up should be Delcy (Nanbert's half sister), then it will be Lola (Nanbert's mom) to calve last this year. If the goats are bred, they will round out the birthing season in July at the earliest. Never a dull moment around here.Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-19482345210272035952016-04-12T10:25:00.001-04:002016-04-12T10:25:14.994-04:00Artist Interview: Patty Voje. <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today's interview is with an artist I discovered on Daily Paintworks. If you don't know about this site, it is a nifty place where many artists post work on a daily basis (what commitment!). I have high hopes of joining their ranks again someday, but for the moment my time is being spent in the barn (and the garden if it ever dries out). Anyway, back to the topic at hand. <a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/artists/patty-voje-5533/bio">Patty Voje</a> is a Minnesota based artist, and she skillfully paints animals, still lifes, and landscapes alike. Her semi-looseness in her brush strokes is what drew me to her work--that and she paints Brown Swiss! So let's get to know here better:</span><br />
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Were you always an art kid, or did you stumble upon it later in life?</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I
loved art as a kid. I remember being in elementary school and my Mom
signed me up for a summer arts and crafts program. I could have sat
inside all day and glued things together!</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/patty-voje/240-miss-world/434718">#240 Miss World</a>" 24x24 Oil on Cradled Gessobord. </td></tr>
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What style of art is your favorite and why?</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I
like alla prima oil painting, representational art. Because it’s
telling a story without explaining everything. You get to fill in the
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What do you use for inspiration, or how do you generate ideas?</b></span></span></span></div>
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taking in my surroundings. I have a hard time keeping my eye on the
road anytime I’m driving through the country. I always keep a
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/patty-voje/310-big-prick/467773">#310 Big Prick</a>" 6x6 Oil on Gessobord.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>4.
Walk us through your creative process from idea to finished project.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>This
one varies. But it usually starts with stumbling onto a scene I think
I’d really like to paint. If I’m out with my plein air gear I can
dig in, if not I grab my camera and grab as many images as possible.
Then I decide my cropping. When I’m painting from reference photos
I don’t worry about matching colors, backgrounds etc., I try hard
to use them as reference. Normally my goal is to capture whatever
light effect caught my eye. I don't methodically lay out my paints in
a tidy organized manner and mix them in advance. I just put out
colors as I go along and see what works.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/patty-voje/254-big-shot/438498">254 Big Shot</a>" 6x6 Oil on Gessobord.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>5.
What is a typical day in your life?</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I’m
a bit of a workaholic. I don’t sleep as much as I should. I get up
at 7, hit the gym, roll into my day job (I own a marketing agency)
around 9. Work there til 6 or so, go home, have dinner, walk the dogs
and PAINT. I usually paint about 3 hours a night. Then I post, blog,
catch the news, read a bit and call it a day around midnight. I will
say, when I say I’m a daily painter, I mean it. Unless I’m
traveling. I paint Monday - Sunday. During the week I keep to my 3
hours, on the weekends I try for 5 to 6 hour sessions.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/patty-voje/135-high-noon/405187">#135 High Noon</a>" 8x10 Oil on Gessobord.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>6.
What do you think draws you to other people’s work?</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Color
and brush work.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/patty-voje/244-lola/435665">#244 Lola</a>" 6x6 Oil on Gessobord.</td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">7.
What are your interests/hobbies?</b><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>My
schedule doesn’t allow much time for other hobbies, but my dogs and
working out are important. I wish I had more time to read. I love,
love , love music and always have it playing when I paint.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/patty-voje/259-lost-in-france/440804">#259 Lost In France</a>" 24x24 Oil on Cradled Gessobord. </td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">8.
Is this your full time job, or do you have a job out-of-studio?</b></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I
have a real job :) I own a marketing agency. I’ve spent the better
part of my career as a designer/creative director. Now it’s more
managing the business along with some creative direction. I very much
enjoy both my day job and my art. It makes for a busy schedule, but
they balance each other out. I need the day job for community and
interaction. I think I’d be lonely if I worked in a studio all day
by myself. Also, it gives me more freedom with my art. It allows me
ample time and finances to travel for events and workshops and I
don’t feel like I have to sell to pay bills or to make an audience
happy. It allows me to really paint what I want to paint, even if
it’s not well received. I will say though, I do plan to work less
hours at my day job and commit more time to painting.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/patty-voje/38-pig-headed/353272">#38 Pig Headed</a>" 6x6 Oil on Gessobord.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>9.
What is your favorite piece you’ve ever made and why?</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I
painted a street scene in Cinque Terre, Italy last fall. It’s my
favorite for a few reasons - first - it turned out :), second - I
will always remember painting that scene. I had gotten up before the
rest of the town and painted as the shops were opened and people
started their day. I felt so lucky to be there and it was funny to
set up my gear so early in the morning, sun not up yet, no one
around, took some guts on my part, I must say.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/patty-voje/175-cinque-terre-italy/421683">#175 Cinque Terre, Italy</a>" 8x6 Oil on Gessobord.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>10.
What advice would you give to an artist just starting out in the
business world?</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Paint
everyday. That’s been the most important thing I’ve done. That
has really changed everything.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/patty-voje/317-snack-time/470224">#317 Snack Time</a>" 6x6 Oil on Gessobord.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>11.
Describe your work space.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>It’s
a small studio in my house, probably only 10 x 11 feet. But, it’s
mine to make a mess in. I have drying shelves on the walls that hold
my small daily paintings. Windows that open. A space for still life
set up and two easels and a work table in between the two. And
there’s a dog bed for my bulldogs, who like to hang out with me in
the evening.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/patty-voje/149-social-suicide/408528">#149 Social Suicide</a>" 6x8 Oil on Gessobord.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>12.
Did you face any setbacks on your path to being an artist?</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>It’s
such an impractical pursuit, I don’t know a single artist who
hasn’t hit setbacks or discouragement. First you have to get past
all the people who think you’re being ridiculous, then you have to
be able to give yourself permission. Get past those and you’re home
free, sort of :)</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>13.
What milestones, goals, or achievements are you striving for right
now?</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I’d
like to get into more galleries. I’ve got some ideas for shows I’d
like to put together. Some that would be a departure from my beloved
farm animals. Most importantly, just keep learning, because no matter
where you are, that never stops. I’ll never perfect this and that’s
the fun part!</i></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Patty, thank you so much for taking the time to answer some questions. </b><br />
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<b>If you'd like to see more:</b><br />
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.dailypaintworks.com/artists/patty-voje-5533/artwork#/mode=search&arrangeMode=false&page=1"><span style="color: black;">Her gallery on Daily Paintworks</span></a>.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.patriciavoje.com/"><span style="color: black;">Her Website</span></a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Patty-Voje-Daily-Painting-577310415754400/?fref=ts"><span style="color: black;">Her Facebook Page</span></a>.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://pattyvoje.blogspot.com/?view=classic"><span style="color: black;">Her Blog</span></a>.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pattyvoje/"><span style="color: black;">Her Instagram</span></a>.</span>Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-56464023559298021082016-04-08T08:32:00.000-04:002016-04-08T08:32:05.480-04:00Paintings Are Half Price!<br />
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This weekend only, the palette knife oil paintings in the shop are 50% off! Just use the coupon code "HALFOFF" at checkout. Sorry, but the custom pet portraits don't qualify for the sale. Coupon code expires Monday 4/11/16. Thanks, and happy shopping.Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-47453877041138549392016-04-01T10:54:00.002-04:002016-04-01T10:54:35.621-04:00Farm Life Recently.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It's been awhile, but spring has had me busy. Started some seeds, found lots of wild critters, planted some fruit trees, bought some goats, and now I'm awaiting the arrival of the first calf of the season.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhubarb seedling poking through.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salamander that was in the ground I was digging to plant some daffodils.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crawdad, Tadpoles, and Salamander-tadpoles from the front pasture "swamp."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peach and Apple Trees. We planted Plum too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our lovely barn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New goat Daisy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New goat Macy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Husband put up a NetCam so I can check on Nanbert, the heifer, from my phone.</td></tr>
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Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-51794606662271967342016-02-03T09:08:00.001-05:002016-02-03T09:08:55.259-05:00Playlist No. 21 Stay Off The Beaten Path<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/18747990023/">Flickr Commons</a>.</td></tr>
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<b>Three Tall Pines</b></div>
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<b>2. Where Have All The Cowboys Gone</b></div>
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<b>Paula Cole</b></div>
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<b>Pickin' On Series, Iron Horse</b></div>
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Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-59804897888511128532016-01-12T12:58:00.003-05:002016-01-12T12:58:58.825-05:00Flowers for a very blustery, snowy day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Some of my recent paintings since the start of the new year. All of them are palette knife and oil except for the hollyhock which is acrylic on stretched canvas.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Blue Vase with Pink Flowers" 6"x8" unstretched canvas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Dusk Hollyhocks" 5"x7" Stretched Canvas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Pink Flowers in Blue Cup" 6"x8" Unstretched Canvas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"White Hydrangea in Orange Vase" 6"x8" Unstretched Canvas</td></tr>
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<br />Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-54860668629472858182016-01-10T16:35:00.001-05:002016-01-10T16:35:26.425-05:00Virtual Paintout: Scotland.I did this little quick landscape study for the <a href="http://virtualpaintout.blogspot.com/">Virtual Paintout</a> location for the month of January--Scotland. I'm quite uncomfortable doing landscapes, so they make great practice. I wish for a gestural quality of abstraction, but my artistic style is more in the realism category. It's a real challenge to let go of details and just get basic bits and pieces. Definitely going to try for more practice at it in the coming year.<br />
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Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-29820836714939402282015-12-29T09:51:00.001-05:002015-12-29T09:51:21.507-05:00December Life Update. December was a blur. That's putting it mildly. However, my favorite part of the year is just around the corner. <i>New Year's</i>--fresh start, new beginnings, and a giant goal list. 2016 is going to be epic. 2015 was pretty impressive: moving to the farm of my dreams, the kid starting Kindergarten, a bit of art made, cows calving, etc. and so forth.<br />
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Here are a few watercolor and ink drawings I made for Christmas presents this year, they are always a lot of fun:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Cat Named Pickles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Dog Named Millie.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Horse for the Mother-in-law.</td></tr>
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The woods always provides with lots of nifty finds. The kid especially liked this big ol' snail that was on some logs we were hauling in for the wood burner.<br />
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Then there was this nifty fungi on one of the logs. So intricate and pretty.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fungi Prettiness.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a shame my kid hates the woods so much.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's a dandy in her sparkly boots.</td></tr>
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I also found a Ferguson (local artist) original in the thrift store this week for ten bucks. The kid instantly swiped it for her room.<br />
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Another awesome steal were these three school-sized (4'x8') blackboards. They are magnetic and were in pretty crummy shape, but with my pocket knife and some WD-40 they look <i>brand new</i>. Did I mention they were <b>FREE</b>. I'm going to hang them up in the lower-building-soon-to-be-our-house. One in my studio, one in the Joelee's room, and one in the living room. There will be chalk-drawing mayhem everywhere.<br />
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And with that I'm excited to see what the new year brings. Hopefully lots of new artist interviews, and farm tales, and time for myself to make more artwork. It's pretty exciting around here.</div>
Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-65693726739643034722015-11-19T15:22:00.001-05:002015-11-19T15:29:06.423-05:00Illustration Friday: Animal.Just a rough concept sketch to be able to participate in this week's prompt over on Illustration Friday. I'd like to develop her into a painting I think. Just starting to move into my studio. It felt nice to break open a sketchbook again.<br />
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Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-41339385001677791272015-11-18T11:37:00.000-05:002015-11-18T11:37:46.598-05:00Artist Interview: Nina Weiss.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Recently, I was perusing <a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/">Saatchi Art</a>, and my eye caught the work of <a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/NinaDWeiss">Nina Weiss</a>. I sent her an interview request and she kindly accepted. I am excited to know more about Nina and her beautifully vibrant landscapes. So, without further introduction, let the Q&A begin.</div>
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<b>1. Were you always an art kid, or
did you stumble upon the creative life later on?</b></div>
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<i>I always made
art! My father worked at a medical center; and he would bring home
the rolls of paper that covered the examining tables….we would make
murals on the floor. When I was older; I spent time in my room
copying master drawings…then in high school moved on to larger oil
paintings of my favorite album covers which I would give to my
friends.</i></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOC2h9KHCDi5AescKM_4OjISsgTIY8XccrW7p6gouhGPhVAUCPKSBMSvg3v_YfnNroorLKTROoZRevO2bUYV8gH5ORl5GZXv_ziJ-B4_2xdD19ATODr21vr1ruyVf7vIpmbbp0kMM1DY/s1600/Nina+Weiss+Causeway+Queechee+Gorge.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="633" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOC2h9KHCDi5AescKM_4OjISsgTIY8XccrW7p6gouhGPhVAUCPKSBMSvg3v_YfnNroorLKTROoZRevO2bUYV8gH5ORl5GZXv_ziJ-B4_2xdD19ATODr21vr1ruyVf7vIpmbbp0kMM1DY/s640/Nina+Weiss+Causeway+Queechee+Gorge.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Causeway-Queechee-Gorge/582232/1739175/view">Causeway: Queechee Gorge</a>"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>2. What style of art is your
favorite and why?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>When I was in
art school; I began looking at the works of the German Expressionists
and Viennese Successionist. I also identify with a group of painters
from Canada from the 1930’s called “The Group of Seven”. These
painters use colors and mark- making that are expressive and bold. I
have always found their work extremely visually engaging.</i></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJBhZFciGzS52OPt1YR8BMOzbhAHmIG0KmvxMHok7zwS3_KHNL9E115s0I2VVc1FTghe95I4q-NJjfbd8lWpy9bwy85J0Ygx_XqnCU7tKpuGwsiKa8BSjNZwQEBrUWZ9Q4-Wy0o9moDM/s1600/Nina+Weiss+Hidden+Reflections+II.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="507" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJBhZFciGzS52OPt1YR8BMOzbhAHmIG0KmvxMHok7zwS3_KHNL9E115s0I2VVc1FTghe95I4q-NJjfbd8lWpy9bwy85J0Ygx_XqnCU7tKpuGwsiKa8BSjNZwQEBrUWZ9Q4-Wy0o9moDM/s640/Nina+Weiss+Hidden+Reflections+II.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Hidden-Reflections-II/582232/2407720/view">Hidden Reflections II</a>"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>3. What do you use for inspiration,
or how do you generate ideas?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>At every
possible opportunity; I am looking for landscapes to draw and paint!
I have built entire vacations (and even my honeymoon!) around
locations with promising landscapes. I document them in the field
and complete my large-scale landscape drawings in the studio. I
visit forest preserves; national parks; and local prairie preserves.
I have also been know to cull landscapes from golf courses and
parking lots!</i></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFz-X6RCRgTPbwJM5aTPRRgNv2nYNHG6Lha9hCeEFFYAWWZY7GEBGz3irafoSPPj-9GL5nv0ivjWpoi2heO_OOTwRk8f9h-7isw1tXwlaLOLOUsa1U5SnhwWNRKX1Acg0wkM-uMGXmNE/s1600/Nina+Weiss+Ikibana+Landscape.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFz-X6RCRgTPbwJM5aTPRRgNv2nYNHG6Lha9hCeEFFYAWWZY7GEBGz3irafoSPPj-9GL5nv0ivjWpoi2heO_OOTwRk8f9h-7isw1tXwlaLOLOUsa1U5SnhwWNRKX1Acg0wkM-uMGXmNE/s640/Nina+Weiss+Ikibana+Landscape.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Ikibana-Landscape/582232/2215861/view">Ikibana Landscape</a>"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>4. Walk us through your creative
process from idea to finished project.</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>My photographic
reference is the basis for my paintings; so when I am in the field
with my camera I am looking for compositions that are strong;
dramatic; and inspiring. I then crop the photos in my studio to
further refine the strongest of possible compositions. Canvasses are
gessoed 2-3X and then coated with a colored ground; I then draw my
composition out linearly with a thinned down paint. I do a bright;
saturated underpainting; then build up the painting from there with
broken-brushstroke; glazing; and layering.</i></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnv2LuvVQMjm5Q7lxCDULJE9z7vVC7NUxv9Rmz2jw1d2hnqV2jmXibCnHWgvjAe16DFiHH8DikSS-OsQ8I0vMc_nr78zgH07ORdoouFp-aw8LAMqOOuSDdho8Camar9f-LMTtk13XqeA/s1600/Nina+Weiss+Independence+Prairie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnv2LuvVQMjm5Q7lxCDULJE9z7vVC7NUxv9Rmz2jw1d2hnqV2jmXibCnHWgvjAe16DFiHH8DikSS-OsQ8I0vMc_nr78zgH07ORdoouFp-aw8LAMqOOuSDdho8Camar9f-LMTtk13XqeA/s640/Nina+Weiss+Independence+Prairie.png" width="428" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Independance-Prairie/582232/2534343/view">Independance Prairie</a>"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>5. What is a typical day in your
life?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>Pretty full! I
have a teenager; a husband; cats; a house; and more than a few jobs
(right now I am teaching at three different places; plus my studio).
I go to the gym in the morning; and if it is not a teaching day I
will be at the studio around 11:00 and work until I am needed after
school by my daughter. Studio time also includes time for the
business of art; this also continues in the evening when I am home.
If I am teaching in the evening; the day is even fuller with gym;
studio; daughter; then evening class. Somewhere in between there I
also take care of whatever other business life throws at me!</i></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaU_mCXWwDbj2vQSClKvOsyaYN24UXKBZCyoAJe-m4yETxMyXghpA2L9WctOBY6pnPfDd3xG0MG_nIxPWt3Zq9S0tlmiwhkaoQ9GsNc7GYUUA4Ccx5jLpvtmZT_BMuHoE7lKDFFEtkxYE/s1600/Nina+Weiss+Midwestern+Prairie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaU_mCXWwDbj2vQSClKvOsyaYN24UXKBZCyoAJe-m4yETxMyXghpA2L9WctOBY6pnPfDd3xG0MG_nIxPWt3Zq9S0tlmiwhkaoQ9GsNc7GYUUA4Ccx5jLpvtmZT_BMuHoE7lKDFFEtkxYE/s640/Nina+Weiss+Midwestern+Prairie.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Midwestern-Prairie/582232/2534340/view">Midwestern Prairie</a>"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>6. What do you think draws you to
other people's work?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>Integrity;
gesture; surface; mark-making; color</i></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-Z1cP8OHePfPd_JX0xEauMqdzxX8hv5gfKbk6TXQvnkJBOjfJq2SEuKfczwptwXEeToD8Lv82kRkmgiyxK53LWmlgzLCqzicPzFo48f1BNSNW_5gh1uAd4tKFjz9QhvRtGLAONUktg8/s1600/Nina+Weiss+Old+School+Reflections.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-Z1cP8OHePfPd_JX0xEauMqdzxX8hv5gfKbk6TXQvnkJBOjfJq2SEuKfczwptwXEeToD8Lv82kRkmgiyxK53LWmlgzLCqzicPzFo48f1BNSNW_5gh1uAd4tKFjz9QhvRtGLAONUktg8/s640/Nina+Weiss+Old+School+Reflections.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Old-School-Reflections/582232/2534358/view">Old School Reflections</a>"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>7. What are your interests/hobbies?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>I am a big
biker; so cycling is another way for me to be out in the landscape
gathering images! I speak Italian; and love to travel (another way
to get landscapes!). Our family spends as much time together
traveling as possible. I am a life-long vegetarian and lover of
animals…we have four cats; my daughter and I often volunteer with
no-kill shelters to help get cats adopted.</i></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvTw_BDGMFUJ86IFW4LO0KNH5IbH4TXxbO5As1Sx2ZJ8RZAPaf85aFfmJNeWzIIexv3QkjGCCFQxtErUlv-0vB9f63Z2SsgNNrWTaPHnKWHAEie-JO5fAlu7mel_TX6M9biIlSb9RU3w/s1600/Nina+Weiss+Pink+Sky+Landscape.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvTw_BDGMFUJ86IFW4LO0KNH5IbH4TXxbO5As1Sx2ZJ8RZAPaf85aFfmJNeWzIIexv3QkjGCCFQxtErUlv-0vB9f63Z2SsgNNrWTaPHnKWHAEie-JO5fAlu7mel_TX6M9biIlSb9RU3w/s640/Nina+Weiss+Pink+Sky+Landscape.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Pink-Sky-Landscape/582232/1752855/view">Pink Sky Landscape</a>"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>8. Is this your full time job, or do
you have a job out-of-studio?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>Teaching/creating
art is my full time job!!!!</i></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mbqlnYePXuB8eCBPyb7kz9TD2OBVqxqFA1BRvZK13CcESLwmjlHF_7fYXH_Cxt5_WBy5XJLsEFQTMxGXqBtFJRFvUMrA1bqCG5PcTeitO9HFkYG1LSHF6wyzZkDAWYAbIANlwTl-v38/s1600/Nina+Weiss+Rhapsody+in+Blue+With+Bridge.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mbqlnYePXuB8eCBPyb7kz9TD2OBVqxqFA1BRvZK13CcESLwmjlHF_7fYXH_Cxt5_WBy5XJLsEFQTMxGXqBtFJRFvUMrA1bqCG5PcTeitO9HFkYG1LSHF6wyzZkDAWYAbIANlwTl-v38/s640/Nina+Weiss+Rhapsody+in+Blue+With+Bridge.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Rhapsody-in-Blue-with-Bridge/582232/2329325/view">Rhapsody in Blue with Bridge</a>"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>9. What is your favorite piece
you've ever made and why?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>I don’t think
I have a single favorite; but it looks like I have somehow held on to
a piece from each important phase of my artistic development. I have
a large chalk pastel on paper drawing; a gouache on board painting;
and am thinking about MAYBE keeping one of my recent oils…..but I
don’t create art to keep it.</i></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iw9R_9JnTqaYGWQ32tNiHwTETlaMUFVilz_vM-6uuQUqpbX5_6Nw9vZ9jx-72-WD4ZIchy-_3p8O2da2MVgFaTVNAxoG2HK0uOBN8CTSXlg-tXDXxmxmICuv1llaKQBsMMaCVM3AgmU/s1600/Nina+Weiss+Shaw+Homestead.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iw9R_9JnTqaYGWQ32tNiHwTETlaMUFVilz_vM-6uuQUqpbX5_6Nw9vZ9jx-72-WD4ZIchy-_3p8O2da2MVgFaTVNAxoG2HK0uOBN8CTSXlg-tXDXxmxmICuv1llaKQBsMMaCVM3AgmU/s640/Nina+Weiss+Shaw+Homestead.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Shaw-Homestead/582232/1739847/view">Shaw Homestead</a>"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>10. What advice would you give to an
artist just starting out in the business world?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>If you pursue
your craft as honestly as possible; working very hard for a very long
time; there will be SOME people who respond to your work. Get it out
there! Shows; galleries; art consultants; social media; websites;
all very important. Most important though is to DO THE WORK.</i></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJrKg67xXKjsrcSAkIbO7SJtU25g8E7NTdA4QdKekg49hO_HdgS7KeXh7iuLzmyxPeS-lmBmzthb7xvAIKxvdbrTVN8R2XbKfQJYn1BkAQpOVyCyA7cXn-G1lSRHJpv4aEEMSmib4abA/s1600/Nina+Weiss+Skokie+Lagoon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJrKg67xXKjsrcSAkIbO7SJtU25g8E7NTdA4QdKekg49hO_HdgS7KeXh7iuLzmyxPeS-lmBmzthb7xvAIKxvdbrTVN8R2XbKfQJYn1BkAQpOVyCyA7cXn-G1lSRHJpv4aEEMSmib4abA/s640/Nina+Weiss+Skokie+Lagoon.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Skokie-Lagoon/582232/2324982/view">Skokie Lagoon</a>"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>11. Describe your work space.</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>I am in my third
year now renting a wonderful; large; light-filled studio with lots of
wall space. I use it to work in; teach; and as a show-room. It has
a separate office space where I have built racks to store works that
I am not displaying; and another separate small space that I use as a
gallery in which I have shows for my students and other artists. I
have a slop sink; skylight; storage closet; northern light; bathroom
and small kitchen. It’s in one of two one-story industrial
buildings separated by a nicely landscaped courtyard filled with
rocks. It’s pretty much perfect! When I first moved in; upon
entering; I heard heavenly music; angels singing; etc.</i>
</div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeBCS_CZeqmDgql-hMegZ5y4Ak8SO8O1D9A7VLQHZBO428vM9Kc9MvLE5DjxdeZw_PAUX-izDhXFqk3xJCFqWospdi6f8cAEPeE1WTcbW9V_vcfkyY2VXQVsIEO6mbdcJUCCThf8vdh4/s1600/2014-12-08+14.03.33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeBCS_CZeqmDgql-hMegZ5y4Ak8SO8O1D9A7VLQHZBO428vM9Kc9MvLE5DjxdeZw_PAUX-izDhXFqk3xJCFqWospdi6f8cAEPeE1WTcbW9V_vcfkyY2VXQVsIEO6mbdcJUCCThf8vdh4/s640/2014-12-08+14.03.33.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her Studio.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>12. Did you face any setbacks on
your path to being an artist?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>Graduate school
was a bust; an inspiration killer. I opened my own studio;
regrouped; and continued on my own after getting a teaching degree.
So it may not even have been a setback; but something that propelled
me forward.</i></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSp3FPqizv4SO0t06BeDLsvvL1IcoEnLpCGNeb5IPrNSZBj5HOlIUbJ0R3xdGByL1Fdq08ZhOymI3ZRpXsfWLykvgDCHeYLAAuvJcg-GYg2xMW2sih9x4woFUsL-bZUiTLD5C6PsyQJM/s1600/2014-12-08+14.03.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSp3FPqizv4SO0t06BeDLsvvL1IcoEnLpCGNeb5IPrNSZBj5HOlIUbJ0R3xdGByL1Fdq08ZhOymI3ZRpXsfWLykvgDCHeYLAAuvJcg-GYg2xMW2sih9x4woFUsL-bZUiTLD5C6PsyQJM/s640/2014-12-08+14.03.51.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Studio Shot.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>13. What milestones, goals, or
achievements are you striving for right now?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>I have my first
small museum show coming up this Spring! I would like to continue
showing in museum venues.</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nina at Work.</td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>14. Are your landscapes from life,
or imaginary, or both?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>Always from
life! Though I have looked at a gazillion landscapes; I could never
pretend to know what nature is doing. I like to observe
color/form/light.</i></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-P5ZgWzI92DfNuKitqjwpTXTkvGbhhydIgqv4dCRW94tn2eWGt6LTJNcJfFz9p5luwPvn-YGP7u2qDwmucRN09f-iWD_l7d5Q3TKLvaiGHVpufQ3bjsj3ok35PuL00jm7_RTx_vkUa_E/s1600/Nina+Weiss+Waimea+Valley+Waterway.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-P5ZgWzI92DfNuKitqjwpTXTkvGbhhydIgqv4dCRW94tn2eWGt6LTJNcJfFz9p5luwPvn-YGP7u2qDwmucRN09f-iWD_l7d5Q3TKLvaiGHVpufQ3bjsj3ok35PuL00jm7_RTx_vkUa_E/s640/Nina+Weiss+Waimea+Valley+Waterway.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Waimea-Valley-Waterway/582232/1740117/view">Waimea Valley Waterway</a>"</td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>15. Your color palette is very
unique for landscapes, how did you develop your color</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>choices?</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;">
<i>My color choices
are mostly intuitive but also informed by color theory. I love my
darks; and have been told that the paintings are a bit “moody”.
I am always striving to see beyond “green” landscapes; and often
do not interpret them as green at all!</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Work In Progress.</td></tr>
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<b>Nina Weiss can be found:</b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.saatchiart.com/NinaDWeiss">Saatchi Art</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://ninaweiss.com/">Ninaweiss.com</a></b><br />
<a href="http://www.artendeavors.org/">ArtEndeavors.org</a><br />
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<b>Thank you so much for you time, Nina--and please keep up the beautiful work. </b>Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-60306087820390927952015-09-26T12:27:00.002-04:002015-09-26T12:27:28.437-04:00What a Summer.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you would've asked me at the start of this year what life had in store for me, I sure never would've guessed where I'd be now. That simple Sunday drive earlier this spring that had us stumbling upon a forgotten "For Sale" sign, the roller coaster of trying to sell our farm, the heartbreak and anxiety that comes with offers falling through, the impossible hopeless feeling of having to wait through four months of unknown outcomes, it all leads to this happy statement of: The new farm will be ours soon! In just a couple weeks we will finally close on seventy-five acres of pure bliss. A long, long driveway, a creek, woods, and lots of solitude and wilderness to hunker down in.<br />
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Something I'm looking especially forward to is the fact that I get a large studio space. A very large, only for me, studio space. I've got big goals to work toward in that space. It will be splendid.<br />
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We should be closing on my daughter's birthday which adds a bit of extra specialness to the whole transaction.<br />
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So here's to a future full of new art, a large garden, and lots of additional livestock to add to the mix. I can't wait. Excited doesn't even begin to cover the level of happiness that is coursing through my veins.Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-73960009975955269322015-09-21T14:26:00.000-04:002015-09-21T14:26:20.427-04:00Playlist No. 20--Autumn and the Crisp Air.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXW-9t_ZeTeW5GDSuATKT5Ewl9IHak5QnT6ajICbgXCdl77M4-e5j68C_RidFpQKwYkzbonu24iyWhfCKOZnU99PIEeNUjlSY9LoIKnnv-3lsgKmiHz_nCpzYCb0iNakn9t2yQ3clh1s/s1600/Playlist+No+20+Imagery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXW-9t_ZeTeW5GDSuATKT5Ewl9IHak5QnT6ajICbgXCdl77M4-e5j68C_RidFpQKwYkzbonu24iyWhfCKOZnU99PIEeNUjlSY9LoIKnnv-3lsgKmiHz_nCpzYCb0iNakn9t2yQ3clh1s/s640/Playlist+No+20+Imagery.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/osucommons/3680180206/">Flickr Commons/OSU Special Collections and Archives</a></td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnRT1VM6CBdwZML28rsxAWwzeS65-q7nko9B2OlT064LudSeGskfiZj3AvhfQL4o5G1z6cYk2PCUyenB2FAA1OGbTkMbSVN7vAXFoLwyuLBwciOjEOe2BW-YKMNFm9bkfvWC-AlyGkGY/s1600/Playlist+No+20+Song+List.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnRT1VM6CBdwZML28rsxAWwzeS65-q7nko9B2OlT064LudSeGskfiZj3AvhfQL4o5G1z6cYk2PCUyenB2FAA1OGbTkMbSVN7vAXFoLwyuLBwciOjEOe2BW-YKMNFm9bkfvWC-AlyGkGY/s640/Playlist+No+20+Song+List.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
Listen via <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/1217446684/playlist/3HXE5x5ViZXtaGguoWxpV2">Spotify</a> / <a href="http://thegallivantinggirl.tumblr.com/post/129581503556/a-playlist-to-make-your-end-of-summer-transition">Tumblr</a>.Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-33745046492468657032015-09-17T13:49:00.000-04:002015-09-18T19:39:19.703-04:00Artist Interview: Another Conversation with John W. Shanabrook<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Almost
two years ago now, I got the <a href="http://ramblinggallivantinggirl.blogspot.com/2013/09/artist-interview-john-w-shanabrook.html">wonderful opportunity to interview an artist</a> whose paintings often make my heart catch in my chest. Quite
a bit has changed in his world since that time, and he's graciously
agreed to let me interview him once again with a whole fresh batch of
questions. So without further introduction by me, here is a second
interview with <a href="http://www.jwshanabrook.com/">John W. Shanabrook</a>, complete with some of his more
recent work to illustrate the post: </b></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1.
I write "Once Upon a Time" type stories about the dream
life I long for. What would your "Once Upon a Time" consist
of?</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>A
small, bright, and quiet house on the shortgrass prairie of Eastern
New Mexico.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOfmBhbpiEEjLGg8U_4AH_OrROotzRW0odERQ8r66xBnaYdSVQjZRLGm7VrIPWbnLsxPOOFAFR6yWZfFxlyXzkXklmb34rnG8hH8Te4c6qJzVEnMNY6R81PyTCm0FmNr956Trdk99zBo/s1600/A+Grocer%2527s+A+Dark+Day+A+Song.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOfmBhbpiEEjLGg8U_4AH_OrROotzRW0odERQ8r66xBnaYdSVQjZRLGm7VrIPWbnLsxPOOFAFR6yWZfFxlyXzkXklmb34rnG8hH8Te4c6qJzVEnMNY6R81PyTCm0FmNr956Trdk99zBo/s640/A+Grocer%2527s+A+Dark+Day+A+Song.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.jwshanabrook.com/new-products/a-grocers-a-dark-day-a-song">A Grocer's, a dark day, a song</a>"</td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2.
Can you give me some insight into where your wonderful titles come
from?</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>That’s
a good question, Julia, especially because I don’t really know.
It’s a little mysterious, a little ghostly. I think of my mind as
wandering through an attic of association and implication and
feeling, picking up and discarding odd objects and remembrances and
quotations and words until what it holds in its mental hands are,
suddenly, resonant and poetry.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwgSVDh_U-pMf4_dR5O5MgfvUJ6ldhIBIpB3cEWKU5hOb2LMPPAerd2tYi39Y8bzR6ZeFPFTHYbMvUcfCUACmQiC-zyyY4xDzodMRJUnNEhcerIWMJp-3kcvOJ7RWl9DE4YDfvRQzifs/s1600/Comes+a+Dark+Hero.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwgSVDh_U-pMf4_dR5O5MgfvUJ6ldhIBIpB3cEWKU5hOb2LMPPAerd2tYi39Y8bzR6ZeFPFTHYbMvUcfCUACmQiC-zyyY4xDzodMRJUnNEhcerIWMJp-3kcvOJ7RWl9DE4YDfvRQzifs/s640/Comes+a+Dark+Hero.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="https://jwshanabrook.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/comes-a-dark-hero-with-a-dire-taste-for-gunpowder-dramatics/">Comes a Dark Hero with a Dire Taste for Gunpowder Dramatics</a>" </td></tr>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3.
The places you paint, are they memories, places you've read about, or
just from your imagination (or a combination of all three)?</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>These
landscapes are essentially what my heart makes of what I’ve known,
of what I might long for, and of what sometimes happens unexpectedly
at three in the morning.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwIZh5vsvFZskLIF0Hyrs5z1sTn_E8yW0Wqpt7CLazMbBysaoVnG46GpMx6J20MxvwbSUsmehICDGZQcqfdgSH2LH4BvHOEzZX07iCjJHYeKPrlcacwjLDXF0LriT2rLLCE2seIQq_IQ/s1600/Hidden+Winter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwIZh5vsvFZskLIF0Hyrs5z1sTn_E8yW0Wqpt7CLazMbBysaoVnG46GpMx6J20MxvwbSUsmehICDGZQcqfdgSH2LH4BvHOEzZX07iCjJHYeKPrlcacwjLDXF0LriT2rLLCE2seIQq_IQ/s640/Hidden+Winter.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.jwshanabrook.com/new-products/hidden-winter">Hidden Winter</a>"</td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>4.
What do you think people would be surprised to learn about you?</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Five
years ago, a medical school in Ohio offered me a place in their class
of 2010.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWCERN5JtDIn2RFuoQAmFZBU8yHcWuF__H4KBjpSqdLnpogDjR-Dj9dJi_6EWYzIebqiWhIjzPvp3l-IH0cD2YXSWfIk-XLkRhjmImUfVo4ImPqJlewIzQ410KU8o5kM3n42Npqe0-ig/s1600/Milkmaid%2527s+Moon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWCERN5JtDIn2RFuoQAmFZBU8yHcWuF__H4KBjpSqdLnpogDjR-Dj9dJi_6EWYzIebqiWhIjzPvp3l-IH0cD2YXSWfIk-XLkRhjmImUfVo4ImPqJlewIzQ410KU8o5kM3n42Npqe0-ig/s640/Milkmaid%2527s+Moon.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.jwshanabrook.com/new-products/sujzie13psh9ambhaix741yy7e54qh">Milkmaid's Moon</a>"</td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>5.
Do you have any artists you're currently admiring?</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I
don’t know why it is, but admiration’s something I’ve never
been very good at.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XqC6opKMOfhnJeiBvGoMPUF3VWDyKGHHuvFUTsCFFoKILW5RK_jen1MYE7xcTc7EeQRMxbENrxa71lKv5ox-Pq8vCPLkhQS8FrDmGZ0CUVjFBp7swsCp82cvqtRK3WD7_wVhLf5LYrU/s1600/Night+Softly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XqC6opKMOfhnJeiBvGoMPUF3VWDyKGHHuvFUTsCFFoKILW5RK_jen1MYE7xcTc7EeQRMxbENrxa71lKv5ox-Pq8vCPLkhQS8FrDmGZ0CUVjFBp7swsCp82cvqtRK3WD7_wVhLf5LYrU/s640/Night+Softly.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.jwshanabrook.com/new-products/night-softly">Night Softly</a>"</td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>6.
Where do you spend time online? What sites do you gawk at or read, if
any?</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I
try to stay away from the Internet for entertainment, using it only
for my painting and for buying things I need. I’m not always
successful, but it terrifies me how much time I can spend online to
no real purpose otherwise.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAD_0pPLJqXdhkgYwTi-3WbRL3oMbBu7Vd8EP-FIJ_LB22MLqNAtUnz0MKXEYuAmrueu_zdXDzz9qPhud4vPbuQFV_9t_tcw3dqwP7gXxM5sE8QpO1jHz8R1dKpFnbpft1YGdIvqSjt8/s1600/Night+to+the+Plateau.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAD_0pPLJqXdhkgYwTi-3WbRL3oMbBu7Vd8EP-FIJ_LB22MLqNAtUnz0MKXEYuAmrueu_zdXDzz9qPhud4vPbuQFV_9t_tcw3dqwP7gXxM5sE8QpO1jHz8R1dKpFnbpft1YGdIvqSjt8/s640/Night+to+the+Plateau.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.jwshanabrook.com/new-products/night-to-the-plateau">Night to the Plateau</a>"</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>7.
What's your favorite season and why?</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Summer,
to be sure, because summer is warmth and warmth is freedom. There’s
certainly more poetry in fall, winter, and spring, but there’s not
as much life.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.jwshanabrook.com/new-products/plains-morning-christmas">Plains Morning, Christmas</a>"</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>8.
What is your favorite book?</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>This
is a question I could never answer. If you were to ask me to name the
one book I’d take with me to a desert island, I’d probably just
ask for paper and pencil so I could write my own.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwC4I7Yd4XZyb3JyZSVOzukD917Lntv0dNHAnqTWEDYkKewEPl2OOB0WjK-tn956Nahe7hwgAxq0bbDFd7IeA9DqrJvKrZ-bjpZGxBSK0yXmT8RMU9DJpj55EABFUSPcHDA7xVC6u268/s1600/Shanabrook+Spinney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwC4I7Yd4XZyb3JyZSVOzukD917Lntv0dNHAnqTWEDYkKewEPl2OOB0WjK-tn956Nahe7hwgAxq0bbDFd7IeA9DqrJvKrZ-bjpZGxBSK0yXmT8RMU9DJpj55EABFUSPcHDA7xVC6u268/s640/Shanabrook+Spinney.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.jwshanabrook.com/new-products/the-spinney">The Spinney</a>"</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>9.
Do you work in any mediums besides oil? Is there any medium you've
wanted to try?</b></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Just
oil. Oil paint and words. I don’t know which I’m better at. </i></span></span></span>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkA0qV8qzZ1SgnLhULEqLGZjt5JJ-prcgSfSA8lCYu-1CA0li7i7SAqnhuYL75L63kbvj2i_xFhsVoV_DpnC9rGD_EQ-ZoJdkGBzSUBRh2zokjn2u90ymL9ZcPfJyxyKtLsOVziQLoF4/s1600/Shotgun+Storm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkA0qV8qzZ1SgnLhULEqLGZjt5JJ-prcgSfSA8lCYu-1CA0li7i7SAqnhuYL75L63kbvj2i_xFhsVoV_DpnC9rGD_EQ-ZoJdkGBzSUBRh2zokjn2u90ymL9ZcPfJyxyKtLsOVziQLoF4/s640/Shotgun+Storm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="https://jwshanabrook.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/shotgun-storm/">Shotgun Storm</a>"</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>10.
You said you didn't start out being an artist, tell me about what
made you try painting. What made you stick with it?</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I
tried painting because one Christmas a very good friend of mine named
Margaret surprised me with a packet of panels and a clever little
painting box of Winsor & Newton paints and brushes. I stuck with
painting because I’m a terribly sedulous and persevering and
stubborn soul.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="https://jwshanabrook.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/smolder/">Smolder</a>"</td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>11.
It's hard to find much about you out there—is the mystery
purposeful or just coincidence?</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>It’s
pretty simple, really. All my life I’ve stayed out of the world.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GgeVHvPbnSNms73RlbOEgzbC5jxckEVaJD10XcFacJuckYVzzCRQ4-lMieqbhAy3C58gGYDpWy7uMLfsAzCxepC4T03utPOekUYNFIGHMi2EX2vRLWRh3TCO3d5soAS2bh-C5_F9NEo/s1600/The+Pumpkin+Field.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GgeVHvPbnSNms73RlbOEgzbC5jxckEVaJD10XcFacJuckYVzzCRQ4-lMieqbhAy3C58gGYDpWy7uMLfsAzCxepC4T03utPOekUYNFIGHMi2EX2vRLWRh3TCO3d5soAS2bh-C5_F9NEo/s640/The+Pumpkin+Field.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://www.jwshanabrook.com/new-products/the-pumpkin-field">The Pumpkin Field</a>"</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>12.
What else should people know about you or your work?</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.49in;">
<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>My
landscapes often surprise me into liking them. They sometimes seem to
know far more about the world than I do.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWqqIe81TR_YQxrtLvOGuZX9FkurbXVDNo8cx44SjdLdC0Ftt55yls0S1zVxkufeOnbxC768JpMouKWoh7vLapnd2viKUgFri_grbnGSXnvh6VOMTGoedARZJkOLHt2DXLH1JQDNVEY0/s1600/To+Go+a+Silver+Journey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWqqIe81TR_YQxrtLvOGuZX9FkurbXVDNo8cx44SjdLdC0Ftt55yls0S1zVxkufeOnbxC768JpMouKWoh7vLapnd2viKUgFri_grbnGSXnvh6VOMTGoedARZJkOLHt2DXLH1JQDNVEY0/s640/To+Go+a+Silver+Journey.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="https://jwshanabrook.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/to-go-a-silver-journey/">To Go a Silver Journey</a>"</td></tr>
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Find more of John's Work here:<br />
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Website: <a href="http://www.jwshanabrook.com/">jwshanabrook.com</a><br />
Seminary Road on Etsy: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/seminaryroad">seminaryroad.etsy.com</a><br />
Wordpress Blog: <a href="https://jwshanabrook.wordpress.com/">jwshanabrook.wordpress.com</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://ramblinggallivantinggirl.blogspot.com/2013/09/artist-interview-john-w-shanabrook.html">Previous Interview Here</a>.<br />
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And a huge thanks to John for being kind enough to take the time to answer my questions.<br />
<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Fblogger.g%3FblogID%3D840333460730717417%23editor%2Fsrc%3Ddashboard&media=https%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-G9SRmAjzjK4%2FVfrzpxz1piI%2FAAAAAAAADzM%2Fnx3h6T2j1yA%2Fs640%2FTo%252BGo%252Ba%252BSilver%252BJourney.jpg&xm=h&xv=sa1.37.01&xuid=zwVSPDMLGZ5W&description=" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; left: 33px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; top: 7029px; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Fblogger.g%3FblogID%3D840333460730717417%23editor%2Fsrc%3Ddashboard&media=https%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-G9SRmAjzjK4%2FVfrzpxz1piI%2FAAAAAAAADzM%2Fnx3h6T2j1yA%2Fs640%2FTo%252BGo%252Ba%252BSilver%252BJourney.jpg&xm=h&xv=sa1.37.01&xuid=zwVSPDMLGZ5W&description=" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; left: 33px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; top: 7029px; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a>Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-67252468324571011022015-08-27T20:32:00.002-04:002015-08-27T20:32:15.833-04:00Artistic Moment of the Week: Neat Flickr Commons Find.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyY-4YdNLib7fN3Cf40U86msp0V018x3mLH1b-l0jqovLMR0FfF1fzpEKcfZbc_FwFaKdVoRYsOn3olqsIr745M6nXpYymt4zfSMRsq-u25WlZnsQAu1O4rIgCXdX_St5kkVLK_AHv6w/s1600/7651249058_624414eabb_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyY-4YdNLib7fN3Cf40U86msp0V018x3mLH1b-l0jqovLMR0FfF1fzpEKcfZbc_FwFaKdVoRYsOn3olqsIr745M6nXpYymt4zfSMRsq-u25WlZnsQAu1O4rIgCXdX_St5kkVLK_AHv6w/s640/7651249058_624414eabb_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/7651249058/">The Ohio River, June 1972</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/7651249058/">from US National Archives</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/7651249058/">Photographer: William Strode</a></div>
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I find this shot's composition quite ingenious. Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-51963624023481091052015-06-08T19:40:00.000-04:002015-06-08T19:40:17.483-04:00STUDIO CLEARANCE SALE--50% Off Everything!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of art up for grabs! Still more pieces to add to the album. Sale started this morning and will continue until Sunday June 14th! Details on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153395424268631.1073741831.85994723630&type=1">Facebook page here</a>.</td></tr>
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<br />Julia Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646479579514667067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840333460730717417.post-10972207470904004832015-05-20T12:45:00.003-04:002015-05-20T12:47:56.247-04:00So Much Change!So, I realize I've been absent for a couple months, but it's been crazy around here. We went for a Sunday drive about a month ago and stumbled upon a for sale sign on a much larger farm (like seven times larger). We got the owner's number, called, looked around, AND SIGNED A PURCHASE AGREEMENT in very quick order (like a week). That meant we had to sell our farm, so that same day we listed our house with a realtor. That began a tailspin of chaos. We cleaned and tidied and straightened up around here, had people coming through to look at it, and had multiple offers. We accepted one of the offers yesterday, so we are almost able to breathe a sigh of relief that the new farm is ours! <br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbpU0eZJ4VgNSavjiYFX_hHNBEMVTjcDzh7S76XSgkuD1DV55SKa7FAyZiK6e_H0YjZGXgeJyMeNJGEzcCsWRBJRUjkUXWTtBZ9b3laYvB-nmibDKI_jA6vKyQuIys4Z10Uv4NXyvSn4/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-04-13+at+2.44.11+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbpU0eZJ4VgNSavjiYFX_hHNBEMVTjcDzh7S76XSgkuD1DV55SKa7FAyZiK6e_H0YjZGXgeJyMeNJGEzcCsWRBJRUjkUXWTtBZ9b3laYvB-nmibDKI_jA6vKyQuIys4Z10Uv4NXyvSn4/s640/Screen+Shot+2015-04-13+at+2.44.11+PM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An aerial view of our new property: the blue outline is the boundary. Seventy-five acres of paradise!</td></tr>
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All this is going on while I'm on cow-calving duty. Lola calved without issue, a beautiful white faced heifer that my daughter named Lizzie Ann. Reba was doing great, over due by a couple days, but nothing of concern and suddenly she went downhill (one day fine, next day dead). The vet came up when she first seemed off, and mentioned it might be a twisted uterus or gut--he gave her some medicine, but it was of no use. I was heartbroken that I lost both her and her unborn calf, but that is the reality of farming. I stayed by her side almost every minute between Saturday night and Monday morning. I even pulled a straw bale over next to the gate to be able to lay down a bit and still keep an eye on her. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lola and a just-dry Lizzie Ann.<br />
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Lola has been making lots of extra milk (I milk her morning and night to relieve her udder of the excess milk the calf can drink). I had been just dumping it (which is a horrible waste), but a buddy had a bottle calf, so I bought him to fatten.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Wimberly, the new bottle calf.</td></tr>
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